Staff reporter
Emeritus Professor of Physics at Rhodes University Eddie Baart died on Tuesday 23 December.
Staff reporter
Emeritus Professor of Physics at Rhodes University Eddie Baart died on Tuesday 23 December.
Dr Baart was a professor of Physics at Rhodes University for 30 years. He was among a group who continued Rhodes University’s legacy as an international hub for Radio Astronomy research by starting the Rhodes/HartRAO SkyMap – a survey of the southern sky.
His expertise saw him called frequently to give evidence in court as an accident reconstructionist.
A man who valued the arts, he was administrative secretary of the Shakespeare Society of Southern Africa.
On Tuesday 23 December in an emailed circular, friend and fellow organiser in the Shakespeare Society Malcolm Hacksley wrote, “The death this morning of one of our longest standing and most affectionately remembered members has not come as a surprise, given the series of set-backs he experienced this year, and yet Eddie's passing is a shock. We shall miss him more than he would have imagined. Today finds us all the poorer.”
